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title: "Entry Graduate Scheme Market Engagement"
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# Entry Graduate Scheme Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/entry-graduate-scheme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-02fe67). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The immediate aim of this scheme is to recruit cohorts annually of between 80-120 talented graduates into Prison Officer roles in HMPPS, this will initially be for a minimum of three cohorts. Learners will be given additional training and development in the form of a bespoke Master’s level qualification that enables them to bring about positive change at the front line. The Supplier will be responsible for the design and delivery of the Master’s level qualification, but this may be subcontracted through other partnerships. The Supplier must design a marketing and recruitment process which attracts a diverse range of highly talented graduates within HMPPS.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Justice](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-justice-gov-d18)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02fe67`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/entry-graduate-scheme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-02fe67#tl-md)

## Description
The immediate aim of this scheme is to recruit cohorts annually of between 80-120 talented graduates into Prison Officer roles in HMPPS, this will initially be for a minimum of three cohorts. Learners will be given additional training and development in the form of a bespoke Master’s level qualification that enables them to bring about positive change at the front line. The long-term aim is for the graduates of this scheme to remain within the organisation and continue to progress their career within HMPPS and the wider MoJ. The Authority is looking for a Supplier who is able to recruit suitable candidates to enrol to the scheme, deliver the Master’s qualification, deliver Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) (in conjunction with the authority who will provide trainers and learning materials) and provide support  to the graduates throughout the two-year scheme. The supplier will build a sense of belonging to HMPPS and develop a retention strategy to retain graduates within HMPPS and the MoJ upon completion of the scheme. The Supplier will be responsible for the design and delivery of the Master’s level qualification, but this may be subcontracted through other partnerships.
The Supplier must design a marketing and recruitment process which attracts a diverse range of highly talented graduates within HMPPS. The recruitment cycle must begin in September 2022 with the first cohort of graduates starting the scheme in September 2023.
This will be a two-year scheme during which graduates must complete the POELT within the first 2 months, and then proceed to completing the bespoke Applied Master’s that allows academic learning to be put into practise whilst working full time as a Prison Officer. The Supplier must create an innovative and engaging training programme which incorporates the required elements of the POELT seamlessly. Having completed POELT, graduates will be placed into a prison and then conduct a series of placements in different departments within that prison. The Supplier must build relationships with the host prisons in order to manage these moves. For the final three to six months of the scheme graduates will experience a broader range of placements or conduct a project. This final three to six-month period should help them to achieve the next step in their career upon graduation from the scheme. This will be an intensive development scheme. The Supplier must create a wraparound support system for graduates to ensure they are supported in all elements of the scheme, both academic and operational.  
There is a current contract in place and is due to expire in November 2024 with the final cohort beginning in September 2022.  The new contract will continue to bring external talent into the organisation through graduate recruitment with a focus on relevant strategic objectives such as increased retention. There is a new fast-track scheme named Justice Leaders which is also being introduced across HMPPS. The first cohort of this sche...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/entry-graduate-scheme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-02fe67)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 80500000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030448-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-07T22:45:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T19:00:27.135Z
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